Jan 1, 2013

The Canary in the Cage

I did speak to one harried clerk, briefly
.
They didn’t know when they’d be getting anything back in stock, from magazines to rifles to pistols. Manufacturers
were running full-bore, but couldn’t come close to keeping up with
market demand.It wasn’t just the AR-15s, the AK-pattern rifles, the
M1As, and the FALs that were sold out. It really hit me when I realized
that the World War-era M1 Garands , M1 carbines, and Enfield .303s were
gone, along with every last shell. Ubiquitous Mosin-Nagants—of which
every gun store always seems to have 10-20—were gone. So was their ammo.
Only a dust free space marked their passing. I’ve never seen anything like it.

Every weapon of military utility designed within the past 100+ years
was gone. This isn’t a society stocking up on certain guns because they
fear they may be banned. This is a society preparing for war.